Worthless Quotes
559 Worthless quotes by 446 unique authors
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It perhaps might be said--if any one dared--that the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the men…
— Stephen Crane
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On the Bigotry of Culture: : it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires no justification but…
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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- he's finished with that; it's like an old clock that won't tell time but won't stop neither, with the hands bent out of shape…
— Ken Kesey
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Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if…
— Ian Mcewan
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There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable…
— Tao Lin
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Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.
— Blaise Pascal
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Grow up? Get herself straightened out? Her mind reeled from the verbal battering. No matter what she did, her father would tell her she was…
— Ted Dekker
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American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.
— H. L. Mencken
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If you paid me for work," continued Max, whose rhetoric was more sophisticated than you might expect from a man with food in his beard,…
— Richard Russo
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In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Now he's [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick one up and examine one of…
— Suzanne Collins
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According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
— Ashleigh Brilliant
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Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost vicious.…
— Francine Pascal
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(After death.) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they desire…
— Richard Matheson
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Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint
— Brent Weeks
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There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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...loss is essential, loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. Mind you, I'm not complaining. Thanks to some inexplicable universal guiding…
— Rohinton Mistry
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If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock,…
— Conan O'Brien
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I'm convinced no one actually likes clubs. It's a conspiracy. We've been told they're cool and fun; that only "saddoes" dislike them. And no one…
— Charlie Brooker
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I'll show them 'love is worthless,'" Silena Beauregard grumbled as she strapped on her armor. "I'll pulverize them!
— Rick Riordan
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Here is a semi-transparent pebble I picked up on the way to my EKG. Probably worthless but it is my heart so take it.
— Dean Young
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One of the disadwantages of school and learning, he thought dreamily, was that the mind seemed to have the tendency too see and represent all…
— Hermann Hesse
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Does everyone feel this way? When I was young, I was perpetually overconfident or insecure. Either I felt completely useless, unattractive, and worthless, or that…
— Bernhard Schlink
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Every now and then, a person must do something simply because he wants to, because it seems to him worth doing. And that does not…
— E L Konigsburg
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Life only has the value a person gives it. If I killed you here and now, yours would be worthless and no one would mourn…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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